Fabric



May 12, 1953 F G. H. VAN RlssEGHEM 2,638,129

` FABRIC Filed June 2, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May l2, 1953 FABRIC Firmin Gustave Henri Van Risseghem, Ghent,

Belgium, assignor to Tissage Leonard Maere: Societe Anonyme, Ghent, Belgium, a company l of Belgium Application June Z, 1950, Serial No. 165,789 In Belgium April 6, 1950 2 Claims.

rThis invention is relating to a so-called compound or doublecloth fabric, with bound together or interlaced face and back fabrics.

It is an object of theinvention to provide a fabric one side of which, namely theback cloth has the aspect of a pile fabric which is moisture absorbent, whatever it may be: plain, with weave, Jacquard, striped, unb1eached,` bleached, dyed, shadowed, printed, and so on while the face cloth of the fabric has any other desired aspect such as, for example, peau de pche, satin, flannel, ribbed, velvet, Jacquard or any other lease, either unicolour, or` striped, unbleached, printed, and so on To this end, in the fabric according to this invention, one cloth is a looped or pile fabric.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the `compound or double-cloth fabric consists of three warns and three wefts, two warps and one weft forming the looped cloth, while a warp and a weft form the second cloth, and both cloths of said fabric are bound together by the third weft.

Other objects, features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the clescription of a fabric given hereinafter by way of non limiting example with reference to the accompanying drawing.

Fig, l is a diagrammatic View of the design of ajfabric resulting from the juxtaposed weaves of both its face and back cloths, the face cloth being a twill.

Fig, 2 is a diagrammatic view of the papercards used for weaving the compound fabric shown in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view of the design. of a fabric resulting from the `juxtaposed weaves of both its face and back cloths, the face cloth being a satin.

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view of the papercards used for weaving the compound fabric shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 diagrammatically represents the arrangement of the heddles for the warp threads in the weavings in accordance with the arrangements shown in Figs. 1 to 4.

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic, longitudinal sectional view of the back and face cloths of Figs. 1 to 4 taken along the line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic view, similar to Fig. 6, but taken along the line 'I`I of Fig. 1.

In the different gures the same-reference numbers refer to identical elements or to elements having the same functions.

The compound fabric according to the inven tion consists of two bound together or interlaced cloths. One of these is a looped or pile cloth which is moisture absorbent Aand corresponds to the back .cloth of the fabric. The second cloth, which is the face cloth, has any other desired aspect, for instance peau de pche, satin, flannel, velvet, and so on Both cloths may be unbleached, dyed or printed.

The compound fabric consists of three warps I3, I4, I5 and three weftsIB, I'I, I8. Two warps I4, I5, associated with one weft I6 form the looped back cloth. The third warp I3, associated with one weft II, forms the second or face cloth. Both cloths of the fabric are bound together :by a third weft I8. The warp I4 of the looped cloth is the ground thread of this back cloth, while the warp I5 is the loop or pile thread thereof. The warp threads I3, I4, I5 are ar ranged in a repeating sequence wherein a ground thread I4 of the looped back cloth, a ground thread I3 of the secondrface cloth, a loop or pile thread I5, and a ground thread I3 of the second cloth follow one another in that order. On the other hand, the unit of design` of each cloth comprises four weft threads. In Figs. 1 and 2, the weft threads of the looped back cloth are shown at I 6 while thev weft threads of the second or face cloth are` shown at I l. In the looped cloth, the weft threads IIi are in. pairs` interlaced with the ground threads I4, so that the latter are alternately arranged above and below the paired weft threads I6. Moreover all pile warp threads I 5 move in the same way for forming loops, on the outer side only of the corresponding cloth. As regards the binding of both cloths, a weft thread of the third weft I8 acts after each group of four of each of weft threads stitching point in the una design of the fabric.

Figs. 1 and 3 diagrammatically show the design of compound fabrics according to the invention, wherein the weaves of the two cloths making up the compound fabric are juxtaposed. In Fig. 1, the second or face cloth is a twill; in Fig. 3, said second cloth is a satin. Fig. 2 is a view ofthe paper cards serving for weaving the fabric represented in Fig. 1 while Fig. 4 is a View of the paper cards used when weaving the fabric shown in Fig. 3. Finally, Fig. 5 diagrammatically illustrates the heddling of the threads, in the weavings according to the preceding figures, by means of a loom having twelve sets of heddles.

It will be noted that the pile warp threads I5 are shed so that each of them is passed over the wefts I6 for three picks and then under a weft I6 for one pick, that is, according to the order of three up and one down. While the wefts I E and IT in Figs. 1 and 3 are shown as separated in the direction of the warps, this is done merely for the purpose of clarity, and in the actual fabric the wefts I6 and It are alternated, that is, a weft I6 is passed and then a weft I7 and so on, and a weft I8 for securing together the face and back fabrics is passed after four each of wefts I6 and I'I has been passed.

In Figs. l, 2, 3 and 4, the shading or crosshatching represents color, with the various warp threads I3, I4 and I5 being indicated by different colors. Thus, the face cloth warps I3 are shown to `be above the corresponding weft I1 in the black squares, and the back cloth ground warps I 4 and pile warps I5 are shown to be above the related wefts I6 at the yellow and red squares, respectively. A11 of the uncolored or white squares indicated locations in the diagrams where the corresponding warns are below or under the related weits. From Figs. 1 and s it will be seen that the weits le. `which serve to connect the. back cloth to the face cloth in each o the illustrated compound. fabrics., are linterengaged only with warps I3 oi alternate groups of warps. That. is, as shown in Figs. l and 3, the warps are arranged in the order i4. I3. I5, I3; I4, I3., {5.13; I4, I3, l5, I3, and so forth, and a warp 13 of alternate groups ci wares. for eX- ample, of the. first. third, fifth etc., or of the Second, fourth. sixth etc., is. passed over each weit I3 which is otherwise, interlaced with the warps I4 oi the back cloth` Accordingly, in Fig. 6.. which is a longitudinal sectional View taken. along a plane at the end of, a first group oi warns I4, I3., l5 and I3, there is lno connection between the face c'lotlo and back cloth, while in Fig. 7, which. is a View lsimilar tov Eig. 6 but taken alone` a, plane at the end ci the. next adiacenti group of warps, a warp 'I3 is shown. passing over the wcit I8 `at the end oli each design. unit of the compound iabric. In Figs. 6 and 7, a design unit is included between the vertical broken lines thereof, and isy the portion of the fabric diagrammatieally illustrated in Fig. 1. since the compound fabrics 'of Figs. 1 and 3, respectively, differ from each other only in the weave employed for the face cloth of each, the face cloth in Fig, 1 being a. twill and the face cloth of Fig. 3 being' a satin, and since a twill and satin differ only in the order in which the rst two warps i3 of each series of eight warps are interlaced with the wefts I T, it is apparent that Figs. 6 and '2 will also represent longitudinal sectional views ofv the compound fabric of 3 taken along 1111.555 0F! th@ lfftl' QQYeSPUn-d-ing t0 the 11H63 6--5 and, l-l, respectively, ci Eig. 1.

According to the invention, a double-cloth lor compound fabric is obtained, the back cloth of which is a looped or piled, moisture absorbent fabric one, the face cloth having the desired aspect for making up the most becoming garments. Said fabric may consequently be used for making up garments which may be used for drying the body and which however are very smart.

It will be understood that the above-described embodiments do not limit the scope of the invention and that many modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the present patent application.

The `second or face cloth may have a weave which is plain, ribbed or suitably iigured.

The fabric may also be made on Jacquard looms.

Dyed or printed fabrics may also be prepared.

I claim:

1. A double-cloth or compound woven fabric including a face cloth, and a back cloth of a piled moisture absorbent fabric; said compound woven fabric comprising three sets of warps and 4three sets of wefts, two oi said sets of warps and one oi said sets of wefts being woven to form the piled .back cloth, the other of said sets of warps and one other of said sets of wefts being woven to form the face cloth, and the remaining set -of weite binding together Said face and back cloths of the compound fabric. y

2. A double-cloth or compound wovenk vfabric according to claim l; wherein the weft threads of said one set of wefts in the piled back cloth are interlaced in pairs with ground Warp threads thereof constituted by one of said two sets of warps in the back cloth so that said ground Warp threads alternate in positions above and below the related paired weft threads, and wherein all the pile warp threads constituted by the other of said two sets of warps in. 'the back cloth are identically positioned with respect to the wefts of said piled back cloth.

FIRMIN GUSTAVE HENRI VAN RISSEGHEM.

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